2021 ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour– Isle Casino – Saturday Report

2021 ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour– Isle Casino – Saturday Report

Daily Report by ROK Cup USA
Photos by: Canadian Karting News

Racing Edge Motorsports VLR Junior
Heat 2 – Highlights
It was a tight battle to the end with Paul Bocuse taking his second win of the weekend. Helio Meza, Chase Hand and Ayden Ingratta all passed the finish line within 0.477 seconds of Bocuse. Camryn Reed (Ironrock Motorsports) made up ten positions to finish ninth.

Top-Five

  1. Paul Bocuse (Speed Concepts Racing)
  2. Helio Meza (Iron Rock Motorsports)
  3. Chase Hand (Rolison Performance Group)
  4. Ayden Ingratta (Speed Concepts Racing)
  5. Danny Dyszelski (Ryan Perry Motorsports)

Heat 3 – Highlights
Slotted to start on pole, Paul Bocuse and his Speed Concepts Racing teammate Ayden Ingratta, missed the start of the race moving Danny Dyszelski to the inside of the front row. Dyszelski battled with Chase Hand for the lead, but ultimately Hand closed with a win. Making moves, Reed Camryn (Ironrock Motorsports) again improved ten positions to claim his second ninth place finish.

Top-Five

  1. Chase Hand (Rolison Performance Group)
  2. Danny Dyszelski (Ryan Perry Motorsports)
  3. Salim Hanna (Team Montoya)
  4. Sebastian Wheldon (JC Karting)
  5. Beckham Jacir (JC Karting)

Pre-Final
Starting from seventh, Paul Bocuse gained five positions in the first lap and slid his way into second behind Danny Dyszelski. By lap four, Bocuse was able to pass Dyszelski to take the win.  Parker Delong (Ryan Perry Motorsports) improved by ten positions to finish ninth.

Top-Five

  1. Paul Bocuse (Speed Concepts Racing)
  2. Danny Dyszelski (Ryan Perry Motorsports)
  3. Chase Hand (Rolison Performance Group)
  4. Ayden Ingratta (Speed Concepts Racing)
  5. Salim Hanna (Team Montoya)

Nash Motorsportz VLR Senior
Heat 2 – Highlights
Connor Zilisch and Thomas Annununziata once again broke away from the remainder of the field, but Zilisch was able to hold off Annunziata for the entirety of the race to once again win the heat race.

Top-Five

  1. Connor Zilisch (Late Apex Kartworks)
  2. Thomas Annunziata (Mike Doty Racing/645 Motorsports)
  3. Blake Nash (Nash Motorsportz)
  4. Hallie Schroeder (Syntech)
  5. Cole Schroeder (Syntech)

Heat 3 – Highlights
After battling back and forth, Connor Zilisch ultimately took the win in the third and final heat race of the day with Thomas Annunziata finishing second. Both Nash and Schroeder improved two positions to finish third and fourth respectively.

Top-Five

  1. Connor Zilisch (Late Apex Kartworks)
  2. Thomas Annunziata (Mike Doty Racing/645 Motorsports)
  3. Blake Nash (Nash Motorsportz)
  4. Cole Schroeder (Syntech)
  5. Derek Morton (Leading Edge Motorsports)

Pre-Final – Highlights
On the first lap of the race, Derek Morton (Leading Edge Motorsports) retired before completing the lap, moving Daniel Eaton (Nash Motorsportz) up to sixth. For the next few laps, drivers held their positions. With four laps remaining, Blake Nash dropped back from his third-place position, and finished fifth with Hallie and Cole Schroeder passing for third and fourth.

Top-Five

  1. Connor Zilisch (Late Apex Kartworks)
  2. Thomas Annunziata (Mike Doty Racing/645 Motorsports)
  3. Hallie Schroeder (Syntech)
  4. Cole Schroeder (Syntech)
  5. Blake Nash (Nash Motorsportz)

Leading Edge Motorsports Mini ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
Once again leading the field, Matias Orjuela won the second heat race of the weekend followed by yesterday’s second-place finisher, Oliver Wheldon. Further back in the field, Asher Ochstein (Team Benik) had an impressive race – gaining nine positions to finish in tenth.

 Top-Five

  1. Matias Orjuela (Parolin USA)
  2. Oliver Wheldon (JC Karting)
  3. Luis Umana (Team Montoya)
  4. Jensen Burnett (AKT)
  5. Enzo Vidmontiene (Team Benik)

Heat 3 – Highlights
While the back of the field shuffled for positions, the three front-runners, Matias Orjuela, Oliver Wheldon and Sebastian Garzon remained relatively steady. Orjuela held his lead the entire race to win his second heat of the day. Behind him, Wheldon overtook Garzon on the start and went on to finish second, followed by Garzon.

Top-Five

  1. Matias Orjuela (Parolin USA)
  2. Oliver Wheldon (JC Karting)
  3. Sebastian Garzon (Orsolon Racing)
  4. Enzo Vidmontiene (Team benik)
  5. Luis Umana (Team Montoya)

Pre-Final – Highlights
Through the entirety of the race, Enzo Vidmontiene, Carson Weinberg and Oliver Wheldon battled for second while Matias Orjuela ran away with the lead. Initially crossing the finish line in second, Oliver Wheldon received a two-position penalty for a start line infraction and dropped back to fourth behind Vidmontiene and Weinberg. Sarah Bradley and Steven Miller charged their way through the field, gaining ten and eleven positions, to finish eleventh and twelfth.

Top-Five

  1. Matias Orjuela (Parolin USA)
  2. Enzo Vidmontiene (Team Benik)
  3. Carson Weinberg (Supertune)
  4. Oliver Wheldon (JC Karting)
  5. Luis Umana (Team Montoya)

ANSA Motorsports Shifter Master ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
Replicating yesterday’s heat race, Jordon Musser, Rene Martinelli and Victor Jimenez finished 1-2-3 for the second heat race as no other Shifter Master ROK driver was able to mount a challenge.

Top-Five

  1. Jordon Musser (PSL)
  2. Rene Martinelli (TB Kart USA)
  3. Daniel Dibos (Orion Racing)
  4. Luis Sanchez-Bedoya (Ansa Motorsports)
  5. Michael Rivera (Rivera Racing

Heat 3 – Highlights
With minimal change in the front half of the field, the top seven drivers finished in their starting positions with the exception of Patrick-Otto Madsen making a pass on Daniel Dibos as the pair swapped the fourth and fifth place positions when the checkered flag flew.

Top-Five

  1. Jordon Musser (PSL)
  2. Rene Martinelli (TB Kart USA)
  3. Victor Jimenez (RPG)
  4. Patrick-Otto Madsen (Ansa Motorsports)
  5. Daniel Dibos (Orion Racing)

Pre-Final – Highlights
At the start of race one, Rene Martinelli was able to make a move past Jordon Musser for the lead. However, after only a handful of laps, Musser reclaimed the top position. By lap ten, Martinelli had fallen back into third after being passed by Victor Jimenez and in the final stages of the race, Farshad Bagheri and Patrick-Otto Madsen made contact and were both forced to retire. Jordon Musser was the only driver to finish the race in the same position that he started claiming the prefinal win.

 Top-Five

  1. Jordon Musser (PSL)
  2. Victor Jimenez (RPG)
  3. Rene Martinelli (TB Kart USA)
  4. Daniel Dibos (Orion Racing)
  5. Michael Rivera (Rivera Racing)

Rolison Performance Group Senior ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
Connor Zilisch, Ryan Shehan, Ryan Norberg and Alex Stanfield duplicated their results from Heat 1 to finish in the top four positions in Saturday’s Heat 2. Aaron Benoit (URACE) climbed an impressive thirteen positions, finishing sixteenth behind the fifth-place driver Ben Cooper.

Top-Five

  1. Connor Zilisch (Late Apex Kartworks)
  2. Ryan Shehan (Crosslink)
  3. Ryan Norberg (Rolison Performance Group)
  4. Alex Stanfield (Crosslink)
  5. Ben Cooper (PSL Karting)

Heat 3 – Highlights
By the end of the third heat race, Connor Zilisch was at the front of the field, once again leading Ryan Shehan followed by Alex Stanfield and Ryan Norberg – all four of whom have been in the top four the entire weekend. Aaron Benoit had a fantastic race moving up fourteen positions, finishing fifteenth after starting at the tail of the field.

Top-Five

  1. Connor Zilisch (Late Apex Karworks)
  2. Ryan Shehan (Crosslink)
  3. Alex Stanfield (Crosslink)
  4. Ryan Norberg (Rolison Performance Group)
  5. Diego Ramos (Racing Edge Motorsports)

Pre-Final – Highlights
Once again topping the charts, Connor Zilisch took home the win in the pre-final race. Ryan Norberg had his best finish of the day finishing second – ahead of Ryan Shehan in third. After moving up five positions, Santiago Trisini finished fourth with his best finish of the weekend. Diego Ramos rounded out the top-five for the second time. Alex Stanfield, who had finished inside the top-five in every event this weekend, struggled in the pre-final and finished tenth.

Top-Five

  1. Connor Zilisch (Late Apex Kartworks)
  2. Ryan Norberg (Rolison Performance Group)
  3. Ryan Shehan (Crosslink)
  4. Santiago Trisini (Nash Motorsportz)
  5. Diego Ramos (Racing Edge Motorsports)

Master ROK Orsolon Racing Master ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
Renato Jader-David continued his winning streak in Heat 2, after claiming pole position and the win in Heat 1 yesterday. Scott Roberts and Mario Barrios also finished in their same positions as yesterday in second and third showing the consistency of the Master ROKKERS.

Top-Five

  1. Renato Jader-David (Orsolon Racing)
  2. Scott Roberts (Speed Concepts Racing)
  3. Mario Barrios (Crosslink Competition)
  4. Miguel Mier (Crosslink Competition)
  5. Scot Carapellatti (Carpys Racing)

Heat 3 – Highlights
The front of the field saw some serious changes in the Master ROK class. Mario Barrios moved up four positions in order to claim his first win of the weekend with an impressive 4.237 second lead. Polesitter Renato Jader-David, who had won both previous heat races, struggled at the start of the race and dropped to the back of the field. A total of four penalties were given to Miguel Mier (Crosslink Competition), Pablo Cevallos (Orsolon Racing) and Scott Roberts (Speed Concepts Racing) as Frank Runco, Rob Maier, Scot Carapellatti and Nelson Chavez took advantage to finish in the top-five.

Top-Five

  1. Mario Barrios (Barrios Motorsports)
  2. Frank Runco (Checkered Motorsports)
  3. Rob Maier (Rolison Performance Group)
  4. Scott Carapellatti (Carpys Racing)
  5. Nelson Chavez (Zanella Racing)

Pre-Final – Highlights
With only eleven drivers in the field, nearly one quarter of the class made contact with the wall within the first three laps of the race. First to make contact was Scott Roberts (Speed Concepts Racing), who was running up in second at the time, and ultimately retired. The next time by, Scott Carapellatti (Carpys Racing), who had started fifth, spun out and was able to get going again at the back of the pack. In the third lap, Miguel Meir (Crosslink Competition), made contact with the wall while running third and was taken out of the race. With eight laps remaining, Renato Jader-David overtook Mario Barrios for the lead. Nelson Chavez gained five positions to finish with his best result of the weekend in third.

Top-Five

  1. Renato Jader-David (Orsolon Racing)
  2. Mario Barrios (Barrios Motorsports)
  3. Nelson Chavez (Zanella Racing)
  4. Frank Runco (Checkered Motorsports)
  5. Rob Maier (Rolison Performance Group)

Zanella Racing Micro ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
After an incident in the first lap, leaders Augustus Toniolo and Max Cristea stayed ahead of the field and were able to maintain their lead. After starting in third, Alessandro Truchot (Parolin USA) fell back through the field to finish twelfth as Phaethon Saradpon, Jackson Baldus and Rocco Simone finished third, fourth and fifth.

Top-Five

  1. Augustus Toniolo (Rolison Performance Group)
  2. Max Christea (Magik Kart USA / Checkered Motorsports)
  3. Phaethon Saradpon (AKT)
  4. Jackson Baldus (Tanda Racing)
  5. Rocco Simone (Goodwood Kartways/NSM)

Heat 3 – Highlights
With some shuffling in the back of the field, the top five leaders of the Micro ROK class remained unchanged. Toniolo went on to once again take the win ahead of Cristea as Truchot battled back for third. Gabriel Balog crossed the line in the fourth position, just ahead of Tristan Murphy in fifth.

Top-Five

  1. Augustus Toniolo (Rolison Performance Group)
  2. Max Cristea (Magik Kart USA/Checkered Motorsports)
  3. Allessandro Truchot (Parolin USA)
  4. Gabriel Balog (Checkered Motorsports)
  5. Tristan Murphy (RPM/Team KARTNICK)

Pre-Final – Highlights
In the pre-final event, Alessandro Truchot gained two spots on the start and moved into the second position behind polesitter Augustus Toniolo. However, by lap two, Max Cristea regained his second position ahead of Truchot. During the fourth lap, the front three leaders began to pull away from the rest of the field, creating a two second gap over Matheus Ramalho in fourth.  Later on, Alessandro Truchot made a pass on Max Cristea and to regain the second position. Behind the leaders, Matheus Ramalho moved up three positions into fourth and Tristan Murphy moved up four into fifth. On lap ten, Max Cristea once again made a pass on Truchot for second and held the position to the checkered flag.

Top-Five

  1. Augustus Toniolo (Rolison Performance Group)
  2. Max Cristea (Magik Kart USA/Checkered Motorsports)
  3. Alessandro Truchot (Parolin USA)
  4. Matheus Ramalho (REM)
  5. Tristan Murphy (RPM/Team KARTNICK)

Speed Concepts Racing Junior ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
Jack Jeffers (PSL Karting), who won yesterday’s heat race and started today’s race in second, began to fall back through the field to ninth early, but was able to work his way back to seventh. Earning another position following the checkered flag due to an on-track penalty, Jeffers eventually was classified in sixth. Polesitter Paul Bocuse had a near-perfect race and clinched the win, his second heat race win in as many heats.

Top-Five

  1. Paul Bocuse (Speed Concepts Racing)
  2. Noah Baker (Supertune)
  3. Cameron Weinberg (Supertune)
  4. Caleb Gafrarar (PSL Karting)
  5. Hanna Salim (Team Montoya)

Heat 3 – Highlights
In the third and final heat race, Paul Bocuse took home his second win of the day. Noah Baker, who started in third, was able to make a pass on Jack Jeffers mid race to finish in second while Jeffers held onto third. Jeremy Fletcher battled hard to finish fourth while Junior rookie Caleb Gafrarar finished fifth.

Top-Five

  1. Paul Bocuse (Speed Concepts Racing)
  2. Noah Baker (Supertune)
  3. Jack Jeffers (PSL Karting)
  4. Jeremy Fletcher (Benik)
  5. Caleb Gafrarar (PSL Karting)

Pre-Final – Highlights
At the start of the race in turn two, four divers made contact, including Michael Costello (Benik) and Alexander Berg (Ryan Perry Motorsports) who were able were able to get going again at the tail of the field. The top-five starters, Paul Bocuse, Noah Baker, Jack Jeffers, Cameron Weinberg and Caleb Gafrarar (PSL Karting), battled it out, shuffling for position during the first few laps of the race, before settling back into their running positions. In the early stages of the race, Logan Toke (RPM), Sebastian Wheldon (JC Karting) and Jake Walker (Mike Doty Racing) began to make huge leaps through the field. During lap seven, Caleb Gafrarar slipped back five positions into tenth and Marcello Paniccia (REM) was able to take over the fifth-place position. With one lap remaining, Logan Toke was up seventeen positions and in sixth, closing in on a top-five finish.  With two turns to go, on the final lap, Noah Baker slipped past Bocuse to cross the finish line. However, after penalties were assessed, Paul Bocuse took home another win, Jack Jeffers finished in second and Noah Baker fell back to third. Logan Toke gained a total of eighteen positions to finish fifth after starting twenty-third.

Top-Five

  1. Paul Bocuse (Speed Concepts Racing)
  2. Jack Jeffers (PSL Karting)
  3. Noah Baker (Supertune)
  4. Cameron Weinberg (Supertune)
  5. Logan Toke (RPM)

Utah Motorsports Campus VLR Master
Heat 2 – Highlights
After topping the charts in yesterday’s Qualifying session and Heat 1, Martin Stone won once again. Antony Simone, who struggled in yesterday’s race, was able to hold his position to finish second ahead of Ron Jenkins, Rubes Cherres and Cayden Goodridge.

Top-Five

  1. Martin Stone (Goodwood Kartways)
  2. Anthony Simone (Goodwood Kartways/NSM)
  3. Ron Jenkins (Nash Motorsportz)
  4. Rubes Cherres (SLAKART)
  5. Cayden Goodridge (Goodwood Kartways)

Heat 3 – Highlights
After finishing sixth in the first two heat races, Tony Palo broke into the top-five for his best yet finish of the weekend. Martin Stone remained undefeated taking home yet another heat race win.

Top-Five

  1. Martin Stone (Goodwood Kartways)
  2. Cayden Goodridge (Goodwood Kartways)
  3. Ruben Cherres (SLAKART)
  4. Ron Jenkins (Nash Motorsportz)
  5. Tony Palo (Old Guys Racing)

Pre-Final – Highlights
Martin Stone had a perfect day and continued his perfect weekend topping the charts each time he took the track and winning the Pre-Final. Anthony Simone, who was forced to retire in Heat 3 after hitting the wall, moved up from his third place starting position for his second second-place finish of the day.

Top-Five

  1. Martin Stone (Goodwood Kartways)
  2. Anthony Simone (Goodwood Kartways)
  3. Ruben Cherres (SLAKART)
  4. Ron Jenkins (Nash Motorsportz)
  5. Tony Palo (Old Guys Racing)

PSL Karting Shifter ROK
Heat 2 – Highlights
Repeating yesterday’s results, Danny Formal, Jake French, AJ Myers and Eduardo Barrichello held their qualifying positions to finish as the top-four for the second heat in a row. Mathias Ramirez gained three positions to finish out the top-five as more than thirty ROK Shifters went to battle.

Top-Five

  1. Danny Formal (Ansa Motorsports)
  2. Jake French (PSL Karting)
  3. AJ Myers (Checkered Motorsports/Magik Kart)
  4. Eduardo Barrichello (PSL Karting)
  5. Mathias Ramirez (Speed Concepts Racing)

Heat 3
Danny Formal, who had been having a perfect weekend, was unable to get started right away and dropped back to twenty-second. Eventually he was able to make up some positions and finished thirteenth. Jake French, who was celebrating his 25th birthday, took home the win after taking the lead on the start. During the start, an incident also took out Antonio Serravalle (Pserra Racing), Jade Hubert (Checkered Motorsports) and Annie Rhule (Checkered Motorsports). AJ Myers claimed P2 behind French and ahead of a charging Ramirez.

Top-Five

  1. Jake French (PSL Karting)
  2. AJ Myers (Checkered Motorpsorts/Magik Kart)
  3. Mathias Ramirez (Speed Concepts Racing)
  4. Austin Garrison (Rolison Performance Group)
  5. Andrew Bujdoso (Checkered Motorsports/Magik Kart)

Pre-Final – Highlights
After a failed start, the Shifter ROK field completed one additional formation lap before finally going green. On the start, the top four starters were able to hold their positions for the first two laps while the rest of the field filed in behind them. On lap thee, Danny Formal (Ansa Motorsports) suddenly and quickly began falling back from third through the field, before retiring from the race. Only four laps into the race, Jake French, AJ Myers and Mathias Ramirez begin to pull away from the rest of the group opening a significant lead. With the three drivers leading the field, both Myers and Ramirez are able to get by French for the top two positions. By the halfway point of the race, drivers begin to settle into their running order to finish out the race, with minimal changes in the front half of the field. Jak Crawford, who crossed the finish line in fifth, received a twenty-eight place penalty from the start that sent him to the back of the field where he will start tomorrow’s main event.

Top-Five

  1. AJ Myers (Checkered Motorsports/Magik Kart)
  2. Mathias Ramirez (Speed Concepts Racing)
  3. Jake French (PSL Karting)
  4. Austin Garrison (Rolison Performance Group)
  5. Michael Stevens (PSL Karting)

A complete set of session results can be found on the easy to navigate ROK Cup USA app or by clicking HERE.

*Results Unofficial

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